So many Orthodox Fathers have such an amazing presence. Often, you can pick up their reverence and fear of God through the screen. Father Lynch is certainly one of these wonderful priests, what a blessing it is to be able to hear him talk from across the world! Love and appreciation from Denmark 🇩🇰
About a year ago I reached out to Fr. Zechariah, asking if he could recommend a parish where I was living. He did, so I visited on a weekday and met with the priest, who Fr. Zechariah knew from seminary; it was my first experience in an Orthodox Church. It was amazing. Coming from hyper-charismatic Evangelicalism, it was a shock - a beautiful, wonderful, awe-inspiring shock. Through what can only be described as divine intervention, I found myself at a Russian parish a couple weeks later as it was closer to my home. I began attending in July and was Baptized last Friday into the Orthodox Church, receiving the Holy Eucharist on Lazurus Saturday. I do thank God for Fr. Zechariah, he helped me begin my journey into the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Glory to God!
All priests featured on this channel are an inspiration, but I´m drawn to Father Lynch - there is a sincerity, humility, and honesty in his words, that touch me deeply. Thanks for sharing your words of wisdom with us.
@@WaylonElstadI feel so so bad lately. I attend a Pentecostal Charismatic Christian church and I feel so uncomfortable there now. I just feel I am not in the right place. I also am feeling interested in the Orthodox church.
Amazing to think you went to Ukraine with your parents that were evangelical Christian going to Ukraine as missionaries. God works in mysterious ways! Now you are an Orthodox Priest!! We have to realize, God uses all things to guide and direct our lives:) Thank you Fr for your presence on Utube! This will reach thousands of people!🙏❤️
Thank you Fr. Zechariah for all you're wisdom, humility, meekness, love for Christ and truth for the Orthodox faith. Truly a God fearing man who we are grateful for. God bless you and your family!
I find this channel so useful. I grow up in an Orthodox Church in Ethiopia. As a grow older I had a lot of questions and since questions where not encouraged, I joined other faith, explored different cultures and faith but deep inside I always felt some void. When I got married and have kids I needed to decide what faith I want to teach my kids and that is when I decided to come back to orthodox. But the challenge has been finding good teachings like this channel to teach my husband and children who don’t speak Amarich. Thank you for this!
I am not Orthodox by any stretch of the imagination, however, I agree with 99.9% of things he speaks here. I am non-denominational Pentecostal, and I agree that there is a lot missing from the contemporary Christian church, especially in the area of worship. I am also very much in agreement with the way we see God. As a worship leader myself, I have felt a pull to worship God in the beauty of His Majesty and Holiness, and I can feel the resistance to even be quiet for a while seeking His face. I desire that even as a NDP, I desire contemplating God’s face!
Father Zechariah, every word was valuable, but u must thank you for your words about St. Seraphim in Russia under the soviets as well as your words about the situation of the Church in Ukraine and those who bravely continue to speak truth such as Met. Onoufry. A time of great suffering for the Truth. ☦💝📿💝☦
I love this channel so much. These holy guys are so infectious with their energy and knowledge, after a week I was already adapting to their calmness in real life🙏
I sent Father Zachariah a message on Facebook after watching this video but then realized his last post was in like 2013 so I doubt he’ll see what I said there lol. I won’t retype the whole message here cuz it was a long one but I just want to say this. Thank you for this video. It really resonated with me and experiences I have going on in my life right now. I’ve been exploring Christianity heavily recently and this video helped confirm that orthodoxy just makes sense to me. Thank you for this video and god bless you 🙏
Wait, you listened to the whole interview and the only thing you could come up was this Bible verse?!😳 Lord have mercy!☦️ 1Cor.4: 15 For although you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [you do] not [have] many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
There are so many ways people have been living a beautiful life. This is certainly one of them. Thank you so much for sharing with the rest of us. So happy to kearn your vocation allows you to have been married with a family too. Joyous. Your story is very interesting
@28:50 Challenging one's ego so that it is not about what we like or dislike? I came to that conclusion three and a half years ago. A corollary of that conclusion is that people would sooner eat broken glass than conceding to do something that they do not like with someone whom they “love”, like going to a concert of classical music.
I feel drawn to this, I just have trouble with the "we believe things Christ never said and practice things not found anywhere in the Bible" It's not a small obstacle. Edit: as I listened, it came to my realization Christianity was practiced 350 years before sola scriptura was possible.
"it came to my realization Christianity was practiced 350 years before sola scriptura was possible." but that's just simply not true. The church always had Scriptures. There was never a time that the church did not have and use Scripture.
There are different perspectives. Here, in Eastern Europe, we have a different view of the Orthodox Church - strong national-ethnic ties, entanglement in politics, communist apparatus, cooperation of clergy with the political police, denunciations, currently support for Putin's policy, support for military aggression, alliance of throne and altar, caesaropapism level high... Not only the beauty/correctness of worship is important - "you will recognize them by their fruits..."
Ironic isn’t it? I’m assuming most of the orthodox congregants in these European countries are actual authentic Christian’s though, even if their hierarchy is compromised
@@JunkSock It's not ironic. it's despair. An example of a different perspective is this - most evangelical Protestants in Europe believe that the USA is a holy country, because so many people are born again there ;) Joining the church is a conscious submission to authority. The lack of fruit is a normal defensive reaction against this.
@@za_a_nawet_przeciw274 had to come back to this reply a couple times to think on it but I think I have where you’re coming from. Haven’t stepped into a European church or any denomination so I’m not familiar with how much work a local Orthodox Church would be putting in compared to a local Protestant. Interesting post, also hadn’t thought about the intentionality of choosing the state-church when there are alternatives available. Cheers
For Sarphim, to say that the only reason that the sun still rises and the trees bear fruit is because the Orthodox liturgy continues, is rather presumtuous. The bible tells of God's motivations in that regard, when Abraham was pleading with God to spare Sodom & Gomorrah, and God said He would only say His hand if there were any righteous there. (Currently there are righteous Christians all over the world other than in the Orthodox Church) Also, God is long suffering towards mankind, and He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance
I live in Braselton Georgia 30517 I want to talk to a father. I have a lot of questions but I love the lord and want to worship the way he wants me too. Can anyone help with a father or leader to talk too? I’m a Baptist technically or I’m not so sure what to call myself. But god is working on my heart and all I want in life is to glorify him and keep my eyes towards him.
Exactly the same dogma, no difference. The differences are in liturgy, hymns. All Eastern Orthodox Churches, Greek, Russian, Antiochean, Serbian.... are exactly the same in terms of dogma. Differences in language, hymns...only.
@@nickolaskara3723 It's actually against the Canons for a Priest to shave his Beard. Some Bishops bent this Canon in the 20th Century so that the Orthodox could look more like Protestants and Roman Catholics.
I have been a Greek Orthodox and lately I have been challenge by my church when i ask why do we pray to the mother of Our Lord JESUS by calling her o holy mother of God save us no answer only one priest here in Phoenix where I live told me it is wrongly written
Dear brother/sister in Christ. To enlighten your mind please see my response below: 1. No one is closer to our savior Jesus Christ more than his Holy mother, the Virgin Mary. She is the pure vessel and is virgin before and after giving birth. 2. No one is worthy than her to intercede for us. She knows her son more than anyone else. He lived with her for 30 years before starting his teaching. 3. She is the pillar of our faith. So if you don't ask for her intercession, you are missing out of her blessing. 4. She is the mother of all generations, Luke 1:46-56. 5. Please read John 2:1-11, wedding at Cana Galilee which clearly shows whatever she asks for us, Christ will give us according to his plan. At the wedding the groom didn't ask her for wine but she knew that they ran out of wine and asked her son, and he responded to her intercession in a profound way. 6. Christ while he was on the cross, he cared for his loving mother who was grieving while looking at her son going through excruciating agony and pain for our salvation. So, he gave her to his beloved disciple, John. 7. She had played a great role for our salvation. So who would be praised more than her after God. 8. She is very humble, unlike Eve, the Holy Virgin Mary called herself maidservant but Eve ate the fruit to be like God which made them to get kicked out of Garden Eden. My beloved friend, please read Orthodox books about her. She is so sweet and very loving. She knows our challenges and asks her son before we ask him. She is the only human being who defied any form of sin as the Holy Spirit guarded her, she had a free will like all of us, but remained pure and holy and was found worthy to bear God on womb. The heavens and earth can not hold him but the Holy Virgin Mary carried him on her womb for 9 months. How beautiful is this !!! Oh, I wish I could say more about her!!!! But the books in the world won't be enough to write about her. I would also recommend you read the book of Revelation, St. John talks about her in a mystical way. May she open your mind. Sisterly love from Eritrean and Ethiopian Orthodox Christian believer.
You fell to the typical Protestant slur that is result of their ignorance of the ancient Christianity. St. Paul, for example, has no problem with saving people (verses below). We all know that he can't save anybody on his own, but he is a God's vessel, used by God to perform Church's work on earth on His behalf. Through Grace of God, Saints are our helpers, like those 4 men who carried paralyzed man through the roof before lowering him in front of the Lord (Mark 2,3-11). (Rom 11,13) For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I MAY provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and SAVE SOME OF THEM. (1 Corinthians 9,22) to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, THAT I MIGHT by all means SAVE SOME.
Prayer to a Saint is not the same as to God. Just as if I were to come to you and say “I pray thee help me to understand or pray for me.” We are entered into a community that is the body of Christ, His church. We first and foremost go to Christ and yet we also have this beautiful community to help and love us through their prayers and any work God permits them to do through His Grace.
I love everything he said, even as a Presbyterian, but- Regarding the recent incident about the shirtless man opening the conference.... that was NOT a Protestant event. That was a Charismatic Evangelical Modern Contemporary Big Church style event.
Sir, you lost me at, ” I’m translating and asking my wife, what do you think he means?” So you don’t know yet your translating? That leaves room for A LOT of error. How you gonna translate and you don’t know? WTF!
Because like any language there are things that Native Speakers and Readers are gonna pick up that those who have learned it haven't. It's probably local Colloquial Stuff. Nothing major.
God is the source of sin because God is the source of man and the source of all creation. It's really indisputable. There would be no sin if God had not made man capable of sinning and gave man the opportunity to sin. And God knew from eternity that this is how things would unfold, and so God chose to create a world where sin would exist and thrive. We are responsible for our actions, to be sure, but it's poor theology when many Christians attempt to completely disassociate God from all the bad which occurs on earth.
Your applying sin to God is heretical. Sin, and in wider context, evil, has no substance. It is the absence of what is orderly and natural. Absence thus has no substance of its own, but is simply the inexistence of what is by nature and fitting. This lack or deprivation is what we call sin (Greek: hamartiā) - the failure to attain and the falling away from what is fitting. By sin we mean, to take a metaphor from archery, the shot that misses the mark instead of hitting the target. For when we fail to attain the good, and the movement and order which is in accordance with nature, we are carried into the irrational, all-embracing and unreal state of non-existence which is contrary to our nature. God gave to man His likeness, and in His likeness, we have attained FREE WILL. Our "capability" of sinning comes out of our freedom to choose. Without that freedom, we would be like animals, driven by our instincts, not capable of being His sons as we were called to be (Rom 8,12).
@@johnnyd2383 "Sin, and in wider context, evil, has no substance." That is false. Isaiah 45:7 says "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." Both darkness and evil are created things, not the absence of created things, and God created them.
@@theTavis01 You are not properly discerning the quoted verse. It is for a reason tight together, one after another: light & darkness, peace & evil. What is the message conveyed in these pairs.? Lord formed light, that is removing darkness. If light is withdrawn, darkness takes over. Same is for the other part. Deeper message behind is - if God is present, light and peace is present, if He withdraws Himself for a reason known to Him, darkness and evil prevails. Hope this sheds some light into the matter. To conclude - proper exegesis leads to proper understanding.
@@johnnyd2383 I am taking the verse at face value, while you are twisting it because you are trying to put God into a box in which He does not fit. Jeremiah 11:11 "Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them."
@@theTavis01 I could not care less how you interpret the Bible... every one of you, Protestant heretics, claim to be led by HS, yet, so many different beliefs amongst you, it is hard to count them. I am telling you how it is and if you agree, glory to God, if you don't... well... too bad. Stay in your heresies, your blood is not on me as I told you how it is. Besides, I am not telling you my own opinion, but opinion of the Lord's Bride, His glorious Eastern Orthodox Church, He established 2000 years ago. When it comes to Jeremiah 11,11... it is still the same matter - Evil does not have substance, God withdraws and evil prevails. In the entire chapter God foretells punishment that He will bestow upon the house of Judah and Jerusalem for breaking covenant. Simple.
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So many Orthodox Fathers have such an amazing presence. Often, you can pick up their reverence and fear of God through the screen. Father Lynch is certainly one of these wonderful priests, what a blessing it is to be able to hear him talk from across the world! Love and appreciation from Denmark 🇩🇰
I absolutely agree. God bless!
Same from Bahrain. 🇧🇭
It’s the prayer
God gives grace
I totally agree
That is so true.
About a year ago I reached out to Fr. Zechariah, asking if he could recommend a parish where I was living. He did, so I visited on a weekday and met with the priest, who Fr. Zechariah knew from seminary; it was my first experience in an Orthodox Church. It was amazing. Coming from hyper-charismatic Evangelicalism, it was a shock - a beautiful, wonderful, awe-inspiring shock.
Through what can only be described as divine intervention, I found myself at a Russian parish a couple weeks later as it was closer to my home. I began attending in July and was Baptized last Friday into the Orthodox Church, receiving the Holy Eucharist on Lazurus Saturday.
I do thank God for Fr. Zechariah, he helped me begin my journey into the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Glory to God!
So happy for you. ❤
@@waynerogers5485 Christ is risen!
So happy for you
All priests featured on this channel are an inspiration, but I´m drawn to Father Lynch - there is a sincerity, humility, and honesty in his words, that touch me deeply. Thanks for sharing your words of wisdom with us.
Call no man on earth father.... except these guys cause they tell me they are holy!
@@randomCHELdad learn proper bible hermeneutics
@@randomCHELdad you dont think Orthodoxy, in its rich 2000 year long history, has an answer to this?
@@randomCHELdad can we call our biological father, father? or do we have to say dad? But wait those two words mean the same thing.
@@randomCHELdad and Paul says we have many guides but few fathers? hm. Paul must be wrong i guess
I'm a protestant really debating converting to Orthdoxy. Your channel is very helpful, thank you.
God bless you on your spiritual journey!
Are there any orthodox churches near you? If so, you should contact the priest and talk with them. It's what I did.
The Church is awaiting you with open arms.
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@@WaylonElstadI feel so so bad lately. I attend a Pentecostal Charismatic Christian church and I feel so uncomfortable there now. I just feel I am not in the right place. I also am feeling interested in the Orthodox church.
@@madelynhernandez7453 what is the nearest eastern orthodox church to you?
Such a sweet and humble man. Christ is among us. Glory to God!
Amazing to think you went to Ukraine with your parents that were evangelical Christian going to Ukraine as missionaries. God works in mysterious ways! Now you are an Orthodox Priest!! We have to realize, God uses all things to guide and direct our lives:) Thank you Fr for your presence on Utube! This will reach thousands of people!🙏❤️
Thank you for bringing back Fr. Zechariah. He comes across as such a humble and compassionate man in these videos and it's very inspiring.
When worship becomes likes and dislikes it becomes self help with Jesus… WOW!! He said that perfectly
I love this man. Thank you 🙏.
Me too ❤
I’m exploring orthodoxy and have watched SOOOO many videos about orthodoxy and this is easily one of the best. Thank you 🙏🏼☦️
God bless you Father and God bless Roots of Orthodoxy!!!
Thank you Fr. Zechariah for all you're wisdom, humility, meekness, love for Christ and truth for the Orthodox faith. Truly a God fearing man who we are grateful for. God bless you and your family!
I find this channel so useful. I grow up in an Orthodox Church in Ethiopia. As a grow older I had a lot of questions and since questions where not encouraged, I joined other faith, explored different cultures and faith but deep inside I always felt some void. When I got married and have kids I needed to decide what faith I want to teach my kids and that is when I decided to come back to orthodox. But the challenge has been finding good teachings like this channel to teach my husband and children who don’t speak Amarich. Thank you for this!
🎉if you join SPOT and STSA,you will find alot of teaching also.
I am not Orthodox by any stretch of the imagination, however, I agree with 99.9% of things he speaks here. I am non-denominational Pentecostal, and I agree that there is a lot missing from the contemporary Christian church, especially in the area of worship. I am also very much in agreement with the way we see God. As a worship leader myself, I have felt a pull to worship God in the beauty of His Majesty and Holiness, and I can feel the resistance to even be quiet for a while seeking His face. I desire that even as a NDP, I desire contemplating God’s face!
Greetings Fr. Lynch my new friend. So much respect for your roll. Everyone should visit the humble parish in Pueblo.
Father Zechariah, every word was valuable, but u must thank you for your words about St. Seraphim in Russia under the soviets as well as your words about the situation of the Church in Ukraine and those who bravely continue to speak truth such as Met. Onoufry. A time of great suffering for the Truth.
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God bless you father you and your family ☦️☦️☦️☦️☦️
I love Fr Lynch. He sheds tears whenever he speaks about Christ, which is very touching. I wish I could visit him and his church some day 🙏
Thank you father and Roots of Orthodoxy 🙏🏽I enjoyed this video very much.
I love this channel so much. These holy guys are so infectious with their energy and knowledge, after a week I was already adapting to their calmness in real life🙏
I hope to be as faithful and humble as this man
Love Father Lynch! He has an excellent blog. ❤
Don’t see the first book mentioned in the description but for others: St. Dimitry of Rostov: Spiritual Guidance on the Christian Path
I needed to hear this right at this moment. Bless you Father and thank you, Lord!
Thankkkk uuuuuu forrr everything ur doing , here in Ethiopia , grew up as a Protestant ,but u guyss ❤❤
A truly stoic finish to this interview
Thank you for the insight.❤
I love you brother beloved ☦️
Reading the book now. Truly beautiful and a blessing, just as all of Father’s writings are. A blessed Pascha to all this week!
My gosh that passage at the end almost had me in tears. Such a beautiful insight to Christianity.
I am a follower of Christ Jesus. I seek His teachings and strive to live by the principles in the Bible.
Their presence is very much needed. I'm grateful to hear his message this day. Thank You Lord for directing me here today!
Христос Воскресе!
Vaistinu Vaskrse Hristos!
Thank you for bringing us these interviews. This is exactly what I need.
Thank you father. 🙏🏻☦️
Amen! Bless you Father
I sent Father Zachariah a message on Facebook after watching this video but then realized his last post was in like 2013 so I doubt he’ll see what I said there lol. I won’t retype the whole message here cuz it was a long one but I just want to say this. Thank you for this video. It really resonated with me and experiences I have going on in my life right now. I’ve been exploring Christianity heavily recently and this video helped confirm that orthodoxy just makes sense to me. Thank you for this video and god bless you 🙏
Try his Instagram! It is @inkless.pen.blog
This is so good, thank you, Father. I always feel at home listening to our fathers on this station with the Orthodox Way.
Lovely, Father.
Book purchased from Amazon.
“And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven” Matthew 23:9
Matthew 23:30 "...and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our FATHERS..."
Wait, you listened to the whole interview and the only thing you could come up was this Bible verse?!😳 Lord have mercy!☦️
1Cor.4: 15 For although you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [you do] not [have] many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
There are so many ways people have been living a beautiful life. This is certainly one of them. Thank you so much for sharing with the rest of us. So happy to kearn your vocation allows you to have been married with a family too. Joyous. Your story is very interesting
Thank you and God bless you father 🙏
@28:50 Challenging one's ego so that it is not about what we like or dislike? I came to that conclusion three and a half years ago. A corollary of that conclusion is that people would sooner eat broken glass than conceding to do something that they do not like with someone whom they “love”, like going to a concert of classical music.
Father thank you so much for this edifying speech i love you so much god bless you ☦💚 in christ
Orthodoxy following the true path of Jesus' teachings.
Thank you for all these great uploads! Blessed Pascha to you all!
God bless everyone
So glad to have found this and sharing with my son.
Beautiful! I was thinking about the need for stillness to hear and follow God.
Thank you for this!!
Thank you
He sounds like H. Jon Benjamin. Voice of Bobs Burgers and Dr. Katz son.
Thanks!
Thank you! God bless
Wisdom is the fear of God
Pray for us
IC XC NIKA ☦️
This is such an astonishing watch, so profound. Anyone know the name of the book he read referencing to a teacher? Thank you in advance:)
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I feel drawn to this, I just have trouble with the "we believe things Christ never said and practice things not found anywhere in the Bible"
It's not a small obstacle.
Edit: as I listened, it came to my realization Christianity was practiced 350 years before sola scriptura was possible.
"it came to my realization Christianity was practiced 350 years before sola scriptura was possible." but that's just simply not true. The church always had Scriptures. There was never a time that the church did not have and use Scripture.
There are different perspectives. Here, in Eastern Europe, we have a different view of the Orthodox Church - strong national-ethnic ties, entanglement in politics, communist apparatus, cooperation of clergy with the political police, denunciations, currently support for Putin's policy, support for military aggression, alliance of throne and altar, caesaropapism level high... Not only the beauty/correctness of worship is important - "you will recognize them by their fruits..."
Ironic isn’t it? I’m assuming most of the orthodox congregants in these European countries are actual authentic Christian’s though, even if their hierarchy is compromised
@@JunkSock It's not ironic. it's despair. An example of a different perspective is this - most evangelical Protestants in Europe believe that the USA is a holy country, because so many people are born again there ;) Joining the church is a conscious submission to authority. The lack of fruit is a normal defensive reaction against this.
@@za_a_nawet_przeciw274 had to come back to this reply a couple times to think on it but I think I have where you’re coming from. Haven’t stepped into a European church or any denomination so I’m not familiar with how much work a local Orthodox Church would be putting in compared to a local Protestant. Interesting post, also hadn’t thought about the intentionality of choosing the state-church when there are alternatives available. Cheers
For Sarphim, to say that the only reason that the sun still rises and the trees bear fruit is because the Orthodox liturgy continues, is rather presumtuous. The bible tells of God's motivations in that regard, when Abraham was pleading with God to spare Sodom & Gomorrah, and God said He would only say His hand if there were any righteous there. (Currently there are righteous Christians all over the world other than in the Orthodox Church)
Also, God is long suffering towards mankind, and He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance
I live in Braselton Georgia 30517 I want to talk to a father. I have a lot of questions but I love the lord and want to worship the way he wants me too. Can anyone help with a father or leader to talk too? I’m a Baptist technically or I’m not so sure what to call myself. But god is working on my heart and all I want in life is to glorify him and keep my eyes towards him.
I have a cousin John Cecil Lynch of Graton California I’m curious if any relation to you Father Lynch
Is there a big difference between Russian & Greek Orthodox?
Exactly the same dogma, no difference. The differences are in liturgy, hymns. All Eastern Orthodox Churches, Greek, Russian, Antiochean, Serbian.... are exactly the same in terms of dogma. Differences in language, hymns...only.
Why pray(communicate) to a saint when you can pray to Christ directly? Is this like a comfort thing or something ?
Why ask your church to pray for you then, or if someone asks you to pray for them why don’t you just tell them to go directly to Christ….
можно сказать, recycling - это от сатаны😂
Why aren’t these episodes as Netflix series rather than the amount of crap that’s shown there
because the devil runs the world. The better question is - why are you paying for demonic media streaming
Why do Orthordox Priests have big beards? Is it compulsory?
It is customary (perhaps recommended) but is up to their bishop.
Because without a beard, the bread in the toaster will never transform into toast
Men of God have beards, because God had a beard.
It's a custom and a (small t) tradition. Most do, but some don't.
@@nickolaskara3723
It's actually against the Canons for a Priest to shave his Beard.
Some Bishops bent this Canon in the 20th Century so that the Orthodox could look more like Protestants and Roman Catholics.
This man is 50?? Dang
I have been a Greek Orthodox and lately I have been challenge by my church when i ask why do we pray to the mother of Our Lord JESUS by calling her o holy mother of God save us no answer only one priest here in Phoenix where I live told me it is wrongly written
Dear brother/sister in Christ. To enlighten your mind please see my response below:
1. No one is closer to our savior Jesus Christ more than his Holy mother, the Virgin Mary. She is the pure vessel and is virgin before and after giving birth.
2. No one is worthy than her to intercede for us. She knows her son more than anyone else. He lived with her for 30 years before starting his teaching.
3. She is the pillar of our faith. So if you don't ask for her intercession, you are missing out of her blessing.
4. She is the mother of all generations, Luke 1:46-56.
5. Please read John 2:1-11, wedding at Cana Galilee which clearly shows whatever she asks for us, Christ will give us according to his plan. At the wedding the groom didn't ask her for wine but she knew that they ran out of wine and asked her son, and he responded to her intercession in a profound way.
6. Christ while he was on the cross, he cared for his loving mother who was grieving while looking at her son going through excruciating agony and pain for our salvation. So, he gave her to his beloved disciple, John.
7. She had played a great role for our salvation. So who would be praised more than her after God.
8. She is very humble, unlike Eve, the Holy Virgin Mary called herself maidservant but Eve ate the fruit to be like God which made them to get kicked out of Garden Eden.
My beloved friend, please read Orthodox books about her. She is so sweet and very loving. She knows our challenges and asks her son before we ask him. She is the only human being who defied any form of sin as the Holy Spirit guarded her, she had a free will like all of us, but remained pure and holy and was found worthy to bear God on womb. The heavens and earth can not hold him but the Holy Virgin Mary carried him on her womb for 9 months. How beautiful is this !!!
Oh, I wish I could say more about her!!!! But the books in the world won't be enough to write about her. I would also recommend you read the book of Revelation, St. John talks about her in a mystical way.
May she open your mind.
Sisterly love from Eritrean and Ethiopian Orthodox Christian believer.
You fell to the typical Protestant slur that is result of their ignorance of the ancient Christianity. St. Paul, for example, has no problem with saving people (verses below). We all know that he can't save anybody on his own, but he is a God's vessel, used by God to perform Church's work on earth on His behalf. Through Grace of God, Saints are our helpers, like those 4 men who carried paralyzed man through the roof before lowering him in front of the Lord (Mark 2,3-11).
(Rom 11,13) For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I MAY provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and SAVE SOME OF THEM.
(1 Corinthians 9,22) to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, THAT I MIGHT by all means SAVE SOME.
Why would you pray to a man when you can go directly to the throne of God yourself. This is religion not a relationship with Jesus christ.
Prayer to a Saint is not the same as to God. Just as if I were to come to you and say “I pray thee help me to understand or pray for me.”
We are entered into a community that is the body of Christ, His church. We first and foremost go to Christ and yet we also have this beautiful community to help and love us through their prayers and any work God permits them to do through His Grace.
Jesus Chist is the Man.
I love everything he said, even as a Presbyterian, but-
Regarding the recent incident about the shirtless man opening the conference.... that was NOT a Protestant event. That was a Charismatic Evangelical Modern Contemporary Big Church style event.
Sorry but I don't understand your comment. If the charismatic Evangelical is not Protestant, what is it?
Charismatic Evangelicalism is an offshoot of Lutheran Pietism.
Sir, you lost me at, ” I’m translating and asking my wife, what do you think he means?” So you don’t know yet your translating? That leaves room for A LOT of error.
How you gonna translate and you don’t know? WTF!
Because like any language there are things that Native Speakers and Readers are gonna pick up that those who have learned it haven't.
It's probably local Colloquial Stuff. Nothing major.
God is the source of sin because God is the source of man and the source of all creation. It's really indisputable. There would be no sin if God had not made man capable of sinning and gave man the opportunity to sin. And God knew from eternity that this is how things would unfold, and so God chose to create a world where sin would exist and thrive. We are responsible for our actions, to be sure, but it's poor theology when many Christians attempt to completely disassociate God from all the bad which occurs on earth.
Your applying sin to God is heretical. Sin, and in wider context, evil, has no substance. It is the absence of what is orderly and natural. Absence thus has no substance of its own, but is simply the inexistence of what is by nature and fitting. This lack or deprivation is what we call sin (Greek: hamartiā) - the failure to attain and the falling away from what is fitting. By sin we mean, to take a metaphor from archery, the shot that misses the mark instead of hitting the target. For when we fail to attain the good, and the movement and order which is in accordance with nature, we are carried into the irrational, all-embracing and unreal state of non-existence which is contrary to our nature.
God gave to man His likeness, and in His likeness, we have attained FREE WILL. Our "capability" of sinning comes out of our freedom to choose. Without that freedom, we would be like animals, driven by our instincts, not capable of being His sons as we were called to be (Rom 8,12).
@@johnnyd2383 "Sin, and in wider context, evil, has no substance." That is false. Isaiah 45:7 says "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." Both darkness and evil are created things, not the absence of created things, and God created them.
@@theTavis01 You are not properly discerning the quoted verse. It is for a reason tight together, one after another: light & darkness, peace & evil. What is the message conveyed in these pairs.? Lord formed light, that is removing darkness. If light is withdrawn, darkness takes over. Same is for the other part. Deeper message behind is - if God is present, light and peace is present, if He withdraws Himself for a reason known to Him, darkness and evil prevails. Hope this sheds some light into the matter. To conclude - proper exegesis leads to proper understanding.
@@johnnyd2383 I am taking the verse at face value, while you are twisting it because you are trying to put God into a box in which He does not fit. Jeremiah 11:11 "Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them."
@@theTavis01 I could not care less how you interpret the Bible... every one of you, Protestant heretics, claim to be led by HS, yet, so many different beliefs amongst you, it is hard to count them. I am telling you how it is and if you agree, glory to God, if you don't... well... too bad. Stay in your heresies, your blood is not on me as I told you how it is. Besides, I am not telling you my own opinion, but opinion of the Lord's Bride, His glorious Eastern Orthodox Church, He established 2000 years ago. When it comes to Jeremiah 11,11... it is still the same matter - Evil does not have substance, God withdraws and evil prevails. In the entire chapter God foretells punishment that He will bestow upon the house of Judah and Jerusalem for breaking covenant. Simple.
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Vaistinu voskrese!
Thanks!
Thank you! God bless